Good heavens! In the Muslim world, every body promotes the slogan that Islam is the religion of peace and Muslim countries should run by Sharia law. But look what is happening in these countries! Muslims killing Muslims, and public awoval to destroy Israel .etc. and rabid anti-western movement. Mind boggling I say😳

For the sake of regional and international security, Qatar must be tamed? Not Saudi Arabia, not Israel, and not our government?
Let us start with our President. As a presidential contender, Senator Obama was an excellent salesman in closing an enormous deal. In the domestic area, the President’s record is mostly stellar, considering the Republican Party’s relentless obstructions to progress.
Yet, the President’s foreign policy has been generally dismal and unfeeling for the past 6 years. For seven months the President bombed Libya lacking congressional approval and without following the War Powers Act! Surprisingly, the President is unlikely to seek formal authorization for military action to purportedly strike the ISIL fanatics and heartless villains in Iraq and Syria! Our allies, mostly the stone-aged Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and the racist regime of Israel, funded and created ISIL, of course, with a nod from our government to degrade the Syrian regime!
The President is infringing on the sovereign, if crumbling, state of Syria thanks to former Secretary of States, Mrs. Clinton, indeed an ultra hawk, worse than Senator McCain. In his vehemence to intercede, the President is again ignoring universal law by not seeking support from the United Nations. The 15-0 resolution did not enshrine our commitment to violate international laws. The President only asked nations to make it unlawful for their people’ to travel to prop the hardline and vicious extremist “crusade”, or to recruit for it.
The recent bombing campaign is open-ended. The intents established for the US-led war in Iraq and Syria could last years to finish according to Army Lt. Gen. William C. Mayville Jr., director of operations for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. The assaults in Syria manifest the lead of another chapter, six weeks following the U.S. military initiated a parallel “crusade” of bombings against Islamic State combatants in bordering Iraq.
Let us look at the President track record. His previous orders to assault Libya ruined the country, killing countless Libyans. Libya became a wasted land and a nourishing ground for terror groups. Nobel Peace Prize laureate has attacked targets in seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, and now Syria. The new Congressional approval by Capital Hill allows him to supposedly “destroy” ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Yet, it surely will lead to new butcheries by the US! Again, these actions certainly can create more terrorists around the world. Washington-generated foes are prepared to put us on fire in daylight.
Former President George W. Bush, declared America’s so-called “war on terror” is designed to rout clusters that aimed to “establish a radical Islamic empire spanning from Spain to Indonesia.” The invasion of Iraq cracked the universal accord to contest terror. The Gitmo detention center, the rendition, and cruelty against defendants signified the war’s extremes. It is a history of shame by our government in the name of our decent people.
In 2009, the President contended “the language we use matters.” The war on terror was retitled a “struggle” and a “strategic challenge!” The President’s rhetorical change did not translate into a change in policy, with his administration moving beyond security trepidations to use its anti-terrorism actions to advance America’s wider geopolitical welfares.
The President considered the removal of Osama bin Laden in 2011 as the finale of the anti-terror “struggle” that his predecessor unveiled. Yet, his administration unwisely intensified assistance to “good” insurgents, for example in Libya and Syria, while chasing “evil” terrorists more fervidly, with the mistaken “targeted killing” program. To weaken Syrian President al-Assad’s regime and Iran’s interests in Syria and Iraq, the President originally consigned the Islamic State in the “good” class, again thanks to the folly of Mrs. Clinton. Later, his Administration became the foe of a former friend! This sort of blunder has been ingrained in American foreign policy after President Truman. America’s war on terror now is in jeopardy. It is becoming a lasting war against an expanding list of foes, that is, our current foes are our olden “friends.”
The President must stop advising the Islamic world to stand for what is right. First and foremost, the President must admit his own gross blunders. Before he became Senator Obama, he was aware of criminalities of U.S. governments against our decent citizens since the Wounded Knee Massacre and across the globe through history. The wrongdoings have been methodical, steady, malicious, and ruthless. After 1953, the US government overthrew more than 80 governments, increasing mayhem in the world. Yet, despite all slogans of change, the President own foreign policy nearly has been similar to the bankrupt policies of the past. The world will change if our government stops creating torment worldwide. Wherever our governments go, they create miseries for our own citizens and folks across the world. The President must start becoming the blessed John Adams.
For example, what does differentiate our government from the assassins of the ISIL in terms of capital punishment? Our government designs coups behind closed doors with politicians and countless so-called Think Tanks dressed in navy blue suits. Yet, the U.S. government acts are even more vicious, brutal, and revolting as the ISIL butchers. This has been the track record of our governments despite the aspiration of our moral people.
Importantly, the whole American policy regarding ISIL is a colossal, pitiable mockery. There is no real alliance, no genuine plan, no heavy boots, no thoughtful design to end the war, no meticulous portrayal not to spread the war to neighboring countries, and there will be no earnest advance in degrading ISIL. Likewise, the President true supporters, me included, see no honest shelter and no haven for our homeland if the President does not stand against the prejudiced Israeli to bring a lasting peace to Palestine and Israel. Israeli refusal to come to peace with Palestinians is the most central source of the current calamity in Middle East.
Surely, when Congress returns, whatever Israel desires Washington will pass! Israel is meticulous in creating coups against America in Washington! How else one can even anticipate 100 Senators vote supporting Israel in its crimes in Gaza or back measures condemning Iran? Interestingly, just days after attaining a truce with Hamas to stop the last round of combat in Gaza, the Israeli regime took 988 acres of Palestinian land on the West Bank to build another illegal Jewish city. This is the largest land seizure in 30 years!
What has the President done about this vast land confiscation by Israel? Nothing substantial! Does the President deem that such a gross violation by Israel will lead to more peace? Certainly not! After recent war, several young fighters from Gaza joined ISIL! They have no expectation for a peaceful resolution of Israeli - Palestinian conflict. This is the consequence of the President silence in not strongly condemning Israeli crimes. The President sadly supported barbarity by Israel!
The U.S. is entering in a new war in Iraq, and indirectly or perhaps purposely, in Syria, feigning bombing will destroy ISIL. Perhaps this game is designed to eventually attack Iran under bogus “documents.” Certainly, our so-called allies have their practice run in Iraq and Syria. If this is the ultimate design, the President must recognize, as I stated in my Letter October 11, 2011, “If the United States embarks on any adventurous policy on Iran, as it did in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US will only realize that Iraq and Afghanistan represented garden parties compared to any war on Iran.” http://www.payvand.com/news/11/oct/1174.html
Why has the President neglected his promises in two elections? He pledged to win the battle for the hearts and minds of the world, particularly people of Middle East and bring the area to a lasting peace with Israel. Who suffered more than the people of Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Syria, or Iran? Not Israel! Bombing ISIL brings more violence for us, and eventually Israel. Resolving Israeli – Palestinian conflict promptly will bring peace and prosperity. Peace with Iran buys the U.S. an excellent insurance.
One thing is certain. Iran will not surrender its rights on its nuclear energy program until the end of time. Iranians are a peaceful nation of 76.4 million intelligent and brave people. Distinct from the US and Israel, Iran has not attacked any nation in the last 250 years. The Iraq-Iran War in recent history occurred only because the darling of Republican Party, former President Reagan and his neocon allies, instigated it. Indeed, the US government was aware Hussein was hurling some of the evilest chemical assaults in antiquity. Yet, the US silently offered its “friend” then a hand. How?
Iran was about to gain from a key tactical benefit by using a hole in Iraqi fortifications. US intelligence officials conveyed the area of the Iranian troops to Iraq, fully aware that Hussein's military would attack with chemical weapons, including Sarin, a fatal nerve agent. Of course later, the Bush Administration decided the old friend, Hussein, was an evil having WMD! Then, we heard the claims were Weapons of Mass Deception!
The President must recognize a fact after six years. Iran is a major power in Middle East and the 18th economy in the globe.
Vitally, American intelligence enterprise has repeatedly stated Iran does not have a nuclear weapon program and is not seeking nuclear arms. Yet, thanks to a certified liar, the bombastic Israeli Prime Minister, AIPAC, the enticed media, the lured Congress, and the tempted Senate nobody believes this! It would be wise for the US to remove all brutal sanctions against Iran soon if it does not intend to make the situation worse in Middle East. We badly needed Iran yesterday! If this sensible path is not followed, the US will remain in a state of war in Middle East and Africa, creating for us more foes, carnage and exhausting our resources much needed at home six years ago, and more vital for our peace and tranquility now and in the future.
The President must not neglect that the two last proxy wars for Israel created nearly 50 million new poor in our country adding to the prior 50 million in dire need. This is mind bugling. Thanks to Presidents after the late Mr. Johnson, we currently have 100 million poor and new poor in the US, aside from over two million people in confinements. Based on data in 2011, nearly 1.4 million people were part of gangs in the US, and more than 33,000 gangs were operating in our country! Interestingly, we are the richest nation in the world.
The US government counsels several countries to respect human rights while the US is the number one country with more people in detention. Certainly, those in detention centers were not born criminals! They are the victims of super rich such as the Casino and hotel magnate, Sheldon Adelson family with a fortune of $37 billion as of 2014. Interestingly, the 10th richest person in the world is the staunch supporter of Israel and despises the President!
Elements such as the Israeli Koch Brothers are even wealthier, with a united capital topped only by that of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett among Americans. The “hidden hands” are the producers of Fox News! Thanks to Republicans, the money from the Koch Brother passes bills that are designed to cut hours and refuse benefits of our honest citizens. Since they owe their treasure to fossil fuels, they are renown, for instance, for backing global warming deniers and Republican rebels affiliated with the Tea Party. The various threads of Koch Brothers are anti-transit activism. The three men are the devotees of Rupert Murdoch. Millions of Americans receive their news from FOX News, the Wall Street Journal, or via some other news outlet retained by Mr. Mudock. FOX News and Murdoch-owned news channels persistently support US military action against Syria and Iran. Yet, the viewers and readers are not informed Mr. Murdoch has, for example, a “bestowed interest” in war with Syria. He is a part-owner of an Israeli-American company that has been offered the rights to discover oil on the Golan Heights, the Israeli-occupied Syrian land. Interestingly, former Vice President Cheney is on the company’s advisory board!
The critical question is whether the President has the mettle to stand against Israel. This opposition is in our national and global interest and is backed by the majority of our citizens. There is something fundamentally wrong for Saudi and Israeli being natural allies! The two allies have created more enemies for the US compared to any friend or foe! This is exactly why we elected the President: To stand for our country against all odds being pretending friends or diehard foes. The first African American President thus far has supported two bigoted nations, Israel and Saudi Arabia, arming them to their teeth! Pathetically, Wall Street, the Military Industrial Complex, AIPAC, and Israel have mostly enslaved the President.
President Obama must promptly end this war, thus averting another endless predicament. The confounding expenses of the last Iraq war were colossal: nearly 4,500 American lives, more than 32,000 injured, 500,000 brave veterans suffering from mental ailments with 22 committing suicide daily, $2 trillion for the total war, $25 billion to train the Iraqi Army, $60 billion for the supposed rebuilding of Iraq, and an Iraqi fatality toll of over a million with half the population of Iraq traumatized. Further, this nation must rightly pay six trillion dollars of taxes to support the veterans for a generation! What were the results? After nine years, our “client” state in Iraq sadly collapsed totally.

Yet, the President can be a transformative figure in American history. After President Truman, most American governments have pretended following our hopes and aspirations. Tragically, few Americans have truly paid attention to the extent of corruption of Washington to take a stand and seek serious changes. This is partly due to our so-called “free” media. Yet, the President can correct this course for a better America and nicer world.
Which elephant must be tamed? Not Qatar! The ones that must be tamed are the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel!

Author has nowhere said, Saudi Arabia , Israel, & Trump of USA should not be tamed. This article is about Qatar, not the others.
I am making this comment after reading only first few lines of your very long comment, to save my further time.
You should also see comment of Faruk Timuroglu

Your description of Qatar's role is certainly worth taking into account, but the overwhelming responsibility for supplying the ideology, the people and the funds to extreme Islam throughout the world falls upon Saudi Arabia.
I recommend the article by Alastair Crooke (former MI5) on this topic:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alastair-crooke/isis-wahhabism-saudi-arabia_b_5717157.html

Readers of Prof. Chellaney's article here might also be interested in J. Sach's recent contribution (also on P-S) suggesting that "the Middle East should govern itself." I myself would greatly appreciate knowing how these two perceptive authors would respond to each other.

My own hope is that international and multi-lateral institutions could act as either brokers or buffers for the baroque power struggles Chellaney has so aptly outlined here. We should all remember that the UN might well have intervened in Syria long ago if Russia (and China) had not refused in the Security Council.

The middle east is sliding further into Thomas Hobbes' notorious "war of all against all." There is no excuse for the civilized world allowing our own birthplace to suffer this tragedy.

The biggest cause of all the unrest in the Middle East is the proxy wars between Suadi and UAE with Qatar and Iran with everyone else. Nations in the Middle East need to learn to respect other country's sovereignty and until that is done no stability will be found.

Qatar is not alone in "propping up violent jihadists in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond." Does Brahma Chellaney really know what he's talking about? He condemns Qatar, while turning a blind eye to Saudi Arabia!
It's doubtful if a Muslim would agree with him that "Qatar now rivals Saudi Arabia – another Wahhabi state with enormous resource wealth – in exporting Islamist extremism". Qatar embraces another current of Islam, whose adherents were mainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood. They believed in a more pragmatic creed of "Islam is the solution". There's a schism between this current and the one adopted by the ultra conservative Saudi "Wahhabi" clerics and their supporters, who fund religious schools in impoverished Muslim countries, such as the madrassas in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There young men are trained to become suicide bombers or plant IEDs on roads. The Saudi clerics had sought to combat the Muslim Brotherhood and sided with Egypt's military to topple Mohamed Morsi's government in July 2013. Saudi Arabia is still at odds with Qatar over its supporting Morsi and its news channel Al Jazeera's critical coverage on Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Chellaney also slams Qatar's foreign policy, saying, its "country’s relationship with the United States directly contradicts its links with radical Islamist movements". He has overseen the fact that if Saudi or Qatari "clerics openly raise funds for militant causes overseas", it is not necessarily in line with their leadership's official policies.
It's true that Qatar is making himself useful to the US, by hosting military bases and buying American arms and mediating between the Taliban and the US in securing Bergdahl's release. Ever since the Arab uprisings, Qatar has been funding rebels in overthrowing autocratic regimes. Just because Qatar had supported the Muslim Brotherhood, doesn't mean it is trying to destabilise the region. Chellaney speaks, as if he were the mouthpiece for Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf and Egypt!

I don't understand your objection to Mr. Chellaney's comments on Saudi-Qatar rivalries "in exporting Islamist extremism". I don't think that Mr. Chellaney sides with one of the two Islamist extremism exporters but you explicitly defending Qatar's way of exporting it. Aren't you?

Iran and Turkey share Qatar's view regarding grassroots Islamist movements, but, so far, have lined up on opposite sides of the Sunni/Shia divide. Peace will require some understanding between those two. Qatar is probably concerned that that understanding will come at the expense of Arabs, if they don't learn how to harness and direct these grassroots movements.

It is clear that countries that appear liberal but are involved in support of Radicals and also are close to the US can only be possible if the US wishes it. Tolerating allies such as Qatar gives the US the bandwidth and allows it to influence the Radical outcomes in loosely administered spaces.

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